Archive for November 2nd, 2009

Regular visitors here know that I believe how we dress ourselves each day is essentially costuming. I enjoy costuming very much, and for me and some others it can be an artform. Some days I spend little time on the art part, but often I really enjoy putting pieces together.

Saturday I wore more traditional “costumes.” During the day when I taught at Rae’s shop, I wore my “Judy Jetson” outfit, not at all copied from any cartoon but inspired by the thought. When I was in the musical comedy “Pippin” at Riverwalk Theatre (back in 1992 or 1993), this was my costume. It was made just for me. I have worn it only a few times (it is not really warm enough for Halloween).

Since it had been in the 60’s F the day before, pretty warm for this time of year, I woke up thinking that my space suit should be the costume of the day. I should have worn longjohns underneath that unitard, it was downright chilly even with the legwarmers and sheer black shrug.

Fortunately, I had a sample shawl at my house made with greens and grays, and a little blue and purple (it was knit by Diana, my Sis-in-Love, for a store sample about 2 years ago). It worked OK with my funny outfit.

At dinnertime Brian and I went to Â Altu’s to sing. We usually costume ourselves in formalwear… he wears a tux and I wear a gown. This time we chose to wear a few Hawaiian garments which were probably created in the early 1970’s. That was fun, although I remained a bit chilly (I did wear some legwarmers under the full-length dress, but long sleeves would have been more comfy).

Regina and Hanno took turns taking photos of us on stage, with Â my camera. I think this one was taken by Hanno, but I can’t be sure. Thanks to both of them for helping out. We surely can not take photos of ourselves while we are on stage!!!

Who is LynnH?

LynnH is Lynn DT Hershberger of Lansing, Michigan, USA. She considers her artistic medium to be color, whether it
be knitting, printmaking, polymer clay or embellishing with paints. She also creates recipes with allergy-friendly,
gluten-free, and vegan-friendly ingredients.